ALM Flight 980 Ditches in Caribbean Sea, Killing 23, May 2, 1970

Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam. Date: May 4, 1970 Read more on…

Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. Date: November 1, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Richard Nixon Signs Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, April 1, 1970Royal Air Maroc Caravelle Crash…

President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. Date: April 1, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina Charged with My Lai War Crimes, March 10,…

Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. Date: February 11, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Lon Nol Ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia,…

China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. Date: April 24, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Records Heaviest Rainfall…

Dawson's Field hijackings: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Zarqa, Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman. Date: September 12, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On…